Is Akouola not 2nd row?

Cooper/Crosby/Philbin/King are bang average at best. I'd like to see a high quality prop added to the squad.

He's also played on the wing believe it or not......

On the webstite they listed him as a prop when he signed, so i assume he will be played there, I think he played both for Penrith. possibly he will be used off the bench to cover both in a similar way to Savelio?

1. Ratchford

2. Lineham

3. Goodwin

4. Atkins

5. Russell

6.Brown

7. Roberts

8.Hill

9. Clark

10. Crosby

11. Currie

12. Masilla

13. Cooper



14. Morgan smith

15. Akuoala

16. Jullien (then maybe Hughes)

17. Philbin

Remembering the applause Westwoods new contract was met by, I can only see his name mentioned 3 times in 23 posts all in a squad player basis, what happened to him being worth that extra year?

From Ben Curries twitter account I see that he's training with the England squad. However if selected I can't see that he's fit enough for such a tough trip and I fear that we'll be missing his services for a large part of next season.

Perhaps there are only 3 people who go to the match that actually post on here .

Did people say he had to take a place in the starting 13/17?



Injuries dictate that you can't always play your strongest 17 each week. One injury to the back row / front row and he comes in to contention for me - so a good guy to have around the place.

Westwood for me would just fill in for injuries next year for me, he's still a solid player and still does a good job but i'd rather see more game time elsewhere. Happy he's still here for another year though.

I raised the Westwood point out the comments when he got the additional he was put on a pedestal and since the loss of TS and the new signings/rumoured signings he appears to have been dropped from peoples thoughts for the 2018 team sheet.

Don't remember him being put on a pedestal? Seem to remember some posters who were outraged at the signing and some (myself included) who accepted he could do a job in a squad position of 18 - 25.



He's not appearing on team sheets because we're not expecting him to be first choice, if his contract reflects that, whats the problem?



Injuries dictate he will get game time next year, I'd much rather Westwood be in that position rather than Jordan Cox or Ryan Bailey, he's better than those two, loves the club and will set a good example to younger players coming through - you need these sort of players in your squad, we've just lost two in Gidley & Sims.

1. Ratchford / A.N.Other

2. Lineham (2nd chance)

3. Atkins/ Livett

4. Goodwin

5. Another

6. T. Roberts

7 Patton

8. Hill

9. Clark

10. Crobsy

11. Currie

12. BMM

13. Cooper



14. New Hooker/ Smith

15. Julien

16. Akauolo

17. Philbin



18. Livett future 13, near future as a centre



Rather thin on bodies so team practically chooses itself, just the positions.

See Ratchford as a centre, but until another FB comes on scene.. I haven't seen enough of Johnson or Dagger to comment on their suitability to take over.

If we're not getting Roberts, let's go with the young lads and start with Livett & Patton at 6 & 7

If we do that we won't be in the top 4 or contesting any finals. Livett has promise but Patton is not the answer.

You'd better snoodle back to sleep for another season if you think that.

...and here's another reason to not bother posting on here anymore - the level of constructive debate!

I've been told Currie will be named in the England squad. Bennett see's him as a centre.

I see Hiku has also been included in the NZ squad. With all this forum speculation of ins & outs ,if the club hopes to sell season tickets it needs to issue a statement of intent of what paying fans are likely to see next year ,before said fans decide instead to become fully fledged armchair supporters.

The arm chair fans can agree to sing at certain points from the comfort of the homes and arm chairs "Karl Fitzpatricks arm chair army, Karl Fitzpatricks arm chair army and so on!

I'd be replacing Russell before Lineham.

Brown / Patton



Tries - 2 / 2

Try assists - 6 / 12

Tackles - 199 / 190

Missed Tackles - 19 / 32

Tackle Busts - 20 / 13

Attacking Kicks - 56 / 99

Carries - 114 / 93

Metres - 617 / 533

Average Gain - 5.41 / 5.73

Clean Break - 4 / 2

Dummy Half Runs - 8 / 4

Drop Goals - 0 / 2

Errors - 15 /13

40/20 - 0 / 2







Patton gets some stick on here but not players like Brown. They're pretty much neck and neck. I think Patton deserves 2018 to be his opportunity. This year was his full first season as a starting player. and for all the things everyone moans about, he didn't really do much wrong. Ok, he didn't set the world on fire but neither did Williams or Gale when they had their first full season as a starting half. Add that to the fact that our pack may as well have been replaced by a turnstile, it was pretty much impossible for any half to create something.



I'm hoping next year our team could be:



1. Ratch



2. <New Winger>/Lineham(Need two new wingers but if only one winger can be brought in, Russell should be shown the door before Lineham)

3. Goodwin

4. Atkins

5. <New Winger>



6. <New Half>

7. Patton



8. Hill

9. Clark

10 . Cooper

11. Currie

12. Murdoch-Mesila

13. <New Loose>/Livett(I see his future here)



14. Smith

15. Akualoa

16. Crosby

17. Philbin

I can post a message with the same objectives without the wit.

No.

Not sure whats gone on but ive just read that Zak Hardaker has been dropped for the GF by cas.



Surely that's going to P155 him off. Now there's a player id like to see in a Warrington shirt.

Can we not post potentially libellous information please thanks

Guys







According to the official Cas announcement, Hardaker has been dropped for a 'breach of the club rules' so can we all please ensure we don't make any libellous allegations on the forum





Thanks